June, 2008

As you have probably seen on every blog under the sun, Hyper-V has released . Rather than rehash the announcement, I thought I would try something fun. How hard is it to get various Linux distributions up and running in Hyper-V? The official list...

If you haven't seen any of the " Where the Hell is Matt? " videos, do yourself a favor and check them out, especially his new video that came out yesterday. The locations he visits are absolutely epic. http://www.vimeo.com/1211060

I'm in the process of setting up a new Hyper-V server, and for some reason I was unable to connect via Terminal Services to the server... I had properly enabled the "Allow connections from computer running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure) option...

With the SQL Server 2008 release coming next quarter, now is a good time to start ramping up on the skills that you will need to deploy and take advantage of the new features of SQL Server 2008 . I see over on the Data Platform Insider blog that there...

If you have used Windows for a few years, you have likely encountered a Blue Screen of Death . Fortunately, as reliability has increased with each new release of Windows, BSODs have become progressively less common. What causes these Blue...

It looks like the Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 document has been updated to include information on Performance Tuning for Virtualization Servers. As the Hyper-V RTM release is getting closer, this is good information to...

WOW. This is an AWESOME resource. So much so that I capitalized, bolded, italicized, AND underlined AWESOME. I just found a page on Technet with TONS of Visio diagrams for every type of SharePoint Deployment/Topology/Project. Head on over...

Download the eBook here . There is nothing particularly fundamental about this book, unless you are a CCNP or otherwise live and breathe packets. Surprisingly (to me) however, the book remains quite readable. Written by Joseph Davies (aka The Cable Guy...